An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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In Mexico, artists can pay their taxes using artwork that they create.
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‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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If you place a ripe banana next to a green tomato, the tomato will ripen due to the ethylene gas produced by the banana.
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Lentil As Anything, a successful Australian restaurant, allows its customers to pay whatever price they feel like paying for the food.
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In 2012, as phone booths become increasingly obsolete because of mobile phones, a Japanese artist has turned several booths in Osaka into aquariums.
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The iconic roar made by Godzilla was produced by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass.
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